Handbook of Portfolio Construction

Handbook of Portfolio Construction

Author: John B. Guerard, Jr.

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-12-12

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 0387774394

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Portfolio construction is fundamental to the investment management process. In the 1950s, Harry Markowitz demonstrated the benefits of efficient diversification by formulating a mathematical program for generating the "efficient frontier" to summarize optimal trade-offs between expected return and risk. The Markowitz framework continues to be used as a basis for both practical portfolio construction and emerging research in financial economics. Such concepts as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), for example, provide the foundation for setting benchmarks, for predicting returns and risk, and for performance measurement. This volume showcases original essays by some of today’s most prominent academics and practitioners in the field on the contemporary application of Markowitz techniques. Covering a wide spectrum of topics, including portfolio selection, data mining tests, and multi-factor risk models, the book presents a comprehensive approach to portfolio construction tools, models, frameworks, and analyses, with both practical and theoretical implications.


Encyclopedia of Optimization

Encyclopedia of Optimization

Author: Christodoulos A. Floudas

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-09-04

Total Pages: 4646

ISBN-13: 0387747583

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The goal of the Encyclopedia of Optimization is to introduce the reader to a complete set of topics that show the spectrum of research, the richness of ideas, and the breadth of applications that has come from this field. The second edition builds on the success of the former edition with more than 150 completely new entries, designed to ensure that the reference addresses recent areas where optimization theories and techniques have advanced. Particularly heavy attention resulted in health science and transportation, with entries such as "Algorithms for Genomics", "Optimization and Radiotherapy Treatment Design", and "Crew Scheduling".


Algorithms – ESA 2005

Algorithms – ESA 2005

Author: Gerth S. Brodal

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-09-19

Total Pages: 918

ISBN-13: 3540291180

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2005, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in September 2005 in the context of the combined conference ALGO 2005. The 75 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 244 submissions. The papers address all current issues in algorithmics reaching from design and mathematical issues over real-world applications in various fields up to engineering and analysis of algorithms.


Quadratic Programming with Computer Programs

Quadratic Programming with Computer Programs

Author: Michael J. Best

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1351647202

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Quadratic programming is a mathematical technique that allows for the optimization of a quadratic function in several variables. QP is a subset of Operations Research and is the next higher lever of sophistication than Linear Programming. It is a key mathematical tool in Portfolio Optimization and structural plasticity. This is useful in Civil Engineering as well as Statistics.


Algorithms for Linear-Quadratic Optimization

Algorithms for Linear-Quadratic Optimization

Author: Vasile Sima

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-12-17

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1000105288

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This textbook offers theoretical, algorithmic and computational guidelines for solving the most frequently encountered linear-quadratic optimization problems. It provides an overview of recent advances in control and systems theory, numerical line algebra, numerical optimization, scientific computations and software engineering.


Advanced Manufacturing and Automation X

Advanced Manufacturing and Automation X

Author: Yi Wang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-01-22

Total Pages: 774

ISBN-13: 9813363185

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This book presents selected papers from the 10th International Workshop of Advanced Manufacturing and Automation (IWAMA 2020), held in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, on October 12-13, 2020. Discussing topics such as novel techniques for manufacturing and automation in Industry 4.0 and smart factories, which are vital for maintaining and improving economic development and quality of life, it offers researchers and industrial engineers insights into implementing the concepts and theories of Industry 4.0, in order to effectively respond to the challenges posed by the 4th industrial revolution and smart factories.


Practical Methods of Optimization

Practical Methods of Optimization

Author: R. Fletcher

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 111872318X

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Fully describes optimization methods that are currently most valuable in solving real-life problems. Since optimization has applications in almost every branch of science and technology, the text emphasizes their practical aspects in conjunction with the heuristics useful in making them perform more reliably and efficiently. To this end, it presents comparative numerical studies to give readers a feel for possibile applications and to illustrate the problems in assessing evidence. Also provides theoretical background which provides insights into how methods are derived. This edition offers revised coverage of basic theory and standard techniques, with updated discussions of line search methods, Newton and quasi-Newton methods, and conjugate direction methods, as well as a comprehensive treatment of restricted step or trust region methods not commonly found in the literature. Also includes recent developments in hybrid methods for nonlinear least squares; an extended discussion of linear programming, with new methods for stable updating of LU factors; and a completely new section on network programming. Chapters include computer subroutines, worked examples, and study questions.